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Quit resources for tobacco and vapor products
Quitting smoking improves your mental health and physical health by reducing your risk of nicotine addiction, heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and many other smoking-related illnesses.
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), insurance plans offer programs to help you quit tobacco and many offer free or low-cost nicotine patches or other medications to help you quit. If you don't have insurance, you may still have resources available to you including quitlines (in various languages), websites, mobile apps, educational materials, and support groups. You can also talk to your doctor about other strategies for quitting that may be right for you.
- Visit QUIT NOW, WA State Dept. of Health
- Quit Smoking App, WA State Dept. of Health
- Asian Smokers' Quitline, help in four Asian languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Vietnamese)
- Learn About Cannabis has resources for people in Washington to reduce or stop using marijuana.
Cessation training and resources for health care providers, social service providers, educators
Our online training on tobacco cessation teaches providers and those in a position to counsel, how to use tools, resources and information to address tobacco use. Participants will learn how to use brief intervention and Motivational Interviewing techniques to encourage, empower, and assist people as they move toward their quit journey.
Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Discuss the dangers of tobacco use, including secondhand smoke, with clients
- Identify disparities and equity issues relevant in communities most impacted by tobacco use
- Discuss short and long-term benefits of quitting tobacco
- Implement the 5As and 5Rs as tools to assist clients with tobacco cessation
- Identify common medications used to aid in tobacco cessation and discuss possible side effects
- Assist clients to prevent relapse
Time required
90 minutes, completed on your schedule
Learning format
Self-guided online course
Equipment
Computer with high-speed Internet connection, ability to hear audio (headphones, speakers)
To register
Please email Norilyn de la Peña at norilyn.delapena@kingcounty.gov. Once you are accepted to the course, you will receive an email with login information.
Tools to help you quit
- 12 Reasons to Quit Tobacco (1 MB)
- Tobacco Cessation Coverage Chart, WA State Dept. of Health
- Learning to cope: Suggestions to help you quit tobacco (115 KB)
- It's Never too Late to Quit Smoking, video series from the CDC
- Within 20 Minutes of Quitting, CDC
- Poster: The Benefits of Quitting, CDC
- Tips From Former Smokers, CDC
- Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy, National Institutes of Health
- Benefits of Quitting, National Institutes of Health
- The Real Rewards of Quitting, National Institutes of Health
- Smoking cost calculator, Quit Now (Canada)